Step by Step Disaster and Emergency Planning

If you are fit and healthy, you can follow some simple but critical steps. Prepare yourself, your family, your home and your business ahead of the threat of disaster or emergency.

Step 1: Prepare your emergency plan

Take the time to discuss what you and your family will do. Prepare your emergency plan ahead of time. Then, if an emergency threatens, you already know how you will respond because you will have thought through each scenario.

Step 2: Prepare your emergency kit and evacuation kit

When an emergency happens and you must evacuate, make sure you take your:

emergency kit

evacuation kit

and emergency plan.

Could you survive 3 days without food, water or power?

For many emergencies you may be able to ‘shelter in place’, either at home or at work. See out the emergency by relying on items you've included in your emergency kit, and, if necessary, your evacuation kit. You may be instructed to go to an evacuation centre.

Get ready Sunshine Coast

From the 2012 storms on the Sunshine Coast, it is evident that you can be left without power or cut off by flooded roads for long stretches of time. At least three (3) days is how long you may be without help. So you need to get ready and be prepared.

You should keep either original or certified copies of important documents in your emergency kit. All across Queensland, everyone is encouraged to take small steps to get ready for what Queensland weather can bring.

The following fact sheets with simple tips on how to prepare your household step by step are available on the Get Ready Queensland website :